In a wild west version of our world which just happens to be populated by random english speaking animals, the lizard with the fastest gun is king. That’s the message I take from this awesome trailer for “Rango”, the latest animated tour de force to draw in A list talent. Johnny Depp stars as Rango, a chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero who finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it. This is the first animated feature for special effects company Industrial Light & Magic and they certainly look to have lived up to their potential on this one. You really get the feeling that the various animals exist in some wild west parallel universe and are having the time of their lives shooting it up with bad guys.

From the writer of Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now comes the story of a fallen America. The year is 2027. The world as we know it is unraveling after fifteen years of economic meltdown and widespread global conflict over dwindling natural resources and America has been take over by The Greater Korean Republic. Sounds like a downer huh? Well this is the part where we pick up our guns, join the resistance and fight back, at least according to the game. The idea of joining the resistance and fighting a common enemy is a theme we’ve seen before from John Milius’s work and I’d be interested to see if he adds anything to the mix we haven’t seen in other games and movies of this ilk. Either way the trailer certainly peaked my interest. Check it out and look for it on shelves in March of 2011.

Heres the official description…
Homefront is set in a near future America in 2027 when a now-nuclear armed Korean People’s Army invades the USA, defeating the United States Army and reducing it to nothing from the superpower it once was. The game is written by John Milius the writer of Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn.

Uncharted 3 Drakes Deception hit the airwaves last night appearing on the Spike TV video game awards show and the thirty second teaser clip did not disappoint. Featuring some of the most realistically rendered cg cut scenes i have ever seen in a game, i was literally blown away by what they have created. Each new generation of this game seems to bring us closer and closer to the photo realistic gaming we’ve been told would

I came across this little beauty over at the yahoo movies page and I must say I’m thoroughly impressed. Marvel has put together a solid cast for this film and I’m looking forward to seeing how this movie ties in with the Avengers film. Hemsworth and that Hammer look bad ass in the action sequences and the scope of the film in general looks pretty huge. Joining Hemsworth and Natalie Portman in this film will be Rene Russo, Clark Gregg, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, and Anthony Hopkins. Release is slated for May 6, 2011.

What’s this movie about? I thought you’d never ask…

The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

This week on thenoobnews.com podcast Richard and Christian are joined in studio by friend of the show Mario Pena to discuss the Austin Blogger Awards, the forthcoming release of the third film in the Family Guy/Star Wars parody “It’s A Trap”, as well as why 1984 may be the greatest year in the history of film releases. All this and much, much more on this episode of The Noob News!